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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1893
Page
4
The New York San item describes a “love spoon” a heart shaped gilt token with a barbed arrow shaft and forget me nots intended as engagement or provocative gifts. It also previews an “old oaken bucket” spoon showing a well scene with a bucket, chain, and an oak tree handle, as a childhood souvenir.
A Bath visitor awoke in the night and wandered to the floor with the plan to shave. In the morning he found his beard removed as if by a barber, a queer somnambulistic feat noted by local readers.
A leopard seal swam among bathers in Santa Barbara California causing alarm as onlookers mistook it for a shark. The seal approached then returned to sea after observers reacted with curiosity and fear.
An advertisement touts a harmless tablet named Anti fermentine that preserves all kinds of fruit without cooking. One package preserves fifty pints of fruit or a barrel of cider for 60 cents, claiming the fruit keeps its natural taste and appearance. Ask your druggist or grocer for Anti fermentine.
Two readers from Ithaca New York report long standing rheumatism improvement after using Saint Jacobs Oil. Jos Edsell says limbs became light and limber again after two bottles. Another testimonial notes hip injury and muscular weakness relief enabling daily activity after treatment.
A Newfoundland dog fell from a rock into the rushing Niagara River and drifted toward the cataract. Bystanders watched as four tourists rescued the injured animal at a rock near the Cave of the Winds. The dog survived, though heavily bleeding, and returned limping to shore with its tail intact.
A curious tale from Greenville Tennessee describes a carved gourd violin with leather strings and poplar neck. Governor Taylor and local crowds reportedly enjoyed this quirky instrument during a gubernatorial campaign visit, with songs like the Virginia Reel cited.
The article portrays Dr Norvin Green as a self made man who funded his upbringing in Kentucky by farm work and wood chopping. He studied telegraphy late in life and after securing medicine for years shifted to the business, earning substantial credit for Western Union Telegraph Company.
A historical excerpt contrasts a romantic poem about love with a detailed account from James Bucklam in the Detroit Free Press on textile manufacturing. It explains quality checks, dye testing, and fiber separation used in cloth production, including indigo dye, caustic potash tests, and cotton wool blending methods.
The czar recounts how Grand Duke Alexander fulfilled Nicholas’s dying wish to wed Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Vladimir threatened to propose himself if Alexander refused. Alexander read Nicholas’s letter with Dagmar, who admitted the request and blushingly accepted, leading to their marriage. Cor. London Nowa
An old embroidery machine from 1827 supports today’s vast global trade with about 24 000 machines in eastern Switzerland and 250 needles per unit yet embroiderers earn only about fifty cents daily after costs. The piece also notes a child comment on ceramics and a grandmother’s crackled china remark.
A mound on a Carthage area farm yields skeletal remains in various positions, believed to belong to warriors from an ancient battlefield. Carthage College authorities plan excavations with an antiquarian aiding the investigation.
The account argues bear hunting is slow and unrewarding, notes bears in the Rockies are cautious, and claims naturalists recognize two bear varieties the cinnamon and black bear with possible grizzly subtypes. It cites weight estimates and recorded specimens such as a 600 pound Yellowstone bear and an 800 pound largest bear from Archibald Rogers.
An assessment notes Lowell’s poetry as vividly original and powerful, despite a life with other pursuits and a smaller output than some contemporaries. It praises the lasting quality of his best work while acknowledging faults that reflect keen thought and strong intellect.
The Chicago Herald notes an extraordinary salmon run in Puget Sound with steamboats stirring the water as paddles crush hundreds of fish. Captains report a seamless line of salmon thirty miles long and prices collapsing from twenty-five cents to one cent each.
An enormous army of mothlike butterflies swarmed Munich after an electric light attraction. Walls and streets filled with insects as doors and windows were breached and crowds fled. Café Kaiserhof and Loewenbrau revelers fled as a dense, glittering swarm darkened the city lights.
George E. Walch discusses the professional inventor who must study humanity's needs and anticipate desires. He argues inventions continually open new fields and that even with machinery, ongoing improvements remain possible for a diligent mind.
References to persistent street beggars between Union Square and Thirty third Street on Peoatway. The piece notes clever tactics including fake injuries and crippled appearance used to solicit pity, with calls for careful scrutiny to detect deception.
In a variety show, a lone audience member failed to applaud a performance of Don't Despise a Man Because He Wears a Ragged Coat. The spectator is speculated as a regular aristocrat, possibly a tailor, amid a Good News era scene.
A Harper's Bazar passage reflects on singing voice changes with a cold, noting low notes falter while high notes remain challenging yet intriguing showing a literary curling exchange about voice and vulnerability.
An early 20th century advertisement extols Mos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a potent renovant for indigestion malaria nervousness constipation and rheumatism. It claims strength and long life for feeble constitutions and warns against inferior tonics while urging readers to demand the genuine remedy.
The text promotes Artcock's Porove PLasters claiming relief for back pain sciatica chest troubles indigestion and kidney issues with emphasis on using genuine products to ensure success. It also contains a parlor joke about Ethel Papa and Maud noting a pun name Bill.
A 19th century advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal use cures blood and mucous membranes buildup strength and offers 100 dollar reward if any case remains uncured. Address F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and notes druggist sales at 75 cents.
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